Sony unveiled their first trio of smartphones for this year, the XA2/XA2 Ultra and L2, during the recently concluded CES 2018. While these devices have been up for pre-order in the US for about a few weeks now, we’ve finally received information on their release dates.
The release dates for the devices were posted alongside their listings on Amazon and Best Buy. The XA2 and XA2 Ultra will be available online at both stores come February 16 while nationwide in-store availability will begin on March 4. As for the Xperia L2, it will be available online on Amazon and Best Buy on February 9 and in-store on March 4.
Sony Xperia XA2 specs:
5.2-inch Full HD IPS LCD display @ 1920 x 1080px, 424ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass
2.2GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
Adreno 510 GPU
3GB RAM
32GB internal storage
expandable via microSD up to 256GB
23MP rear PDAF camera w/ LED Flash: f/2.0, 24mm, 1/2.3?
8MP AF front camera: f/2.0, 23mm, 1/4?
4G LTE
Single SIM / Dual SIM (nano)
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 5.0
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Fingerprint scanner
NFC
USB Type-C 1.0
Android 8.0 Oreo
3300mAh nonremovable Li-Ion battery
142 x 70 x 9.7 mm
171 g
Colors: Silver, Black, Blue, Pink
Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra specs:
6.0-inch Full HD IPS LCD display @ 1920 x 1080 pixels, 367ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass
2.2GHz Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
Adreno 510 GPU
4GB RAM
32GB or 64GB internal storage
23MP rear PDAF camera w/ LED Flash: f/2.0, 24mm, 1/2.3?
16 MP (f/2.0, 23mm, 1/2.6?, OIS, AF) + 8 MP AF front cameras
4G LTE
Single SIM / Dual SIM (nano)
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 5.0
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Fingerprint scanner
NFC
USB Type-C 1.0
Android 8.0 Oreo
3580mAh nonremovable Li-Ion battery
163 x 80 x 9.5 mm
221 g
Colors: Silver, Black, Blue, Gold
Sony Xperia L2 specs:
5.5-inch HD IPS display @ 1280 x 720 px
1.5GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6737T
ARM Mali-T720 MP2 GPU
3GB RAM
32GB eMMC internal storage
expandable via microSD/microSDHC/microSDXC up to 256GB
13MP 1/3.06? f/2.0 rear camera with LED Flash
8MP 1/4? f/2.4 120° wide-angle front camera
LTE Cat.13/Cat.12
Single SIM / Dual SIM (nano)
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Miracast
Bluetooth 4.2
A-GNSS (GPS + GLONASS)
NFC
USB Type-C
Fingerprint Scanner
Android 7 Nougat
3300 mAh battery with Qnovo Adaptive Charging
150 x 78 x 9.8mm
178g
Colors: Black, Pink, Gold
The Xperia XA2 and XA2 Ultra are priced at $349.99 (~Php 17,993) and $449.99 (~Php 23,134) respectively. While the Xperia L2 is priced at $249.99 (~Php 12,852). Local pricing and availability are yet to be announced but we could expect that it would be close to these dates.
source: Best Buy, Amazon
